Palladium plating is used for electronic parts such as the general switch component connector parts because it has non-magnetic, high electric conductivity and good solderability characteristics. It is also commonly used in automobile components (catalytic converters), dental implants (crowns, inlays, bridges),electronicdevices (phones, laptops, tablets) and jewellery.

It is known that there is a large improvement in the heat resistance, the contact resistance and the solderability, when the palladium is plated on the nickel plated part with under 0.１micrometer thickness.It is also used as an under layer of gold plating.